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The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Nonfiction: Advice and Essential Exercises from Respected Writers, Editors, and Teachers

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Availability:In StockContributor:Dinty W. Moore (Editor)Publish date:2012-09-24Pages:208
Language:EnglishPublisher:Rose Metal PressISBN-13:9780984616664ISBN-10:984616667UPC:9780984616664Book Category:Reference, Literary Collections, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Personal & Practical Guides, LGBTQ+, WritingBook Topic:AuthorshipAward:2012 IndieFab awards Honorable Mention - Writing Award|2012 IndieFab awards Honorable Mention - Anthologies AwardSize:8.40 x 6.00 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCP3X5YAPQ
Unmatched in its focus on a concise and popular emerging genre, THE ROSE METAL PRESS FIELD GUIDE TO WRITING FLASH NONFICTION features 26 eminent writers, editors, and teachers offering expert analysis, focused exercises, and helpful examples of what make the brief essay form such a perfect medium for experimentation, insight, and illumination. With a comprehensive introduction to the genre and book by editor Dinty W. Moore, this guide is perfect for both the classroom and the individual writer's desk--an essential handbook for anyone interested in the scintillating and succinct flash nonfiction form. How many words does it take to tell a compelling true story? The answer might surprise you.

Featuring essays from: Barrie Jean Borich, Jenny Boully, Norma Elia Cantú, Rigoberto González, Carol Guess, Jeff Gundy, Philip Graham, Robin Hemley, Barbara Hurd, Judith Kitchen, Eric LeMay, Dinah Lenney, Bret Lott, Patrick Madden, Lee Martin, Maggie McKnight, Brenda Miller, Kyle Minor, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Anne Panning, Lia Purpura, Sue William Silverman, Jennifer Sinor, Peggy Shumaker, Ira Sukrungruang, and Nicole Walker.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Rose Metal PressISBN-13:9780984616664ISBN-10:984616667UPC:9780984616664Book Category:Reference, Literary Collections, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Personal & Practical Guides, LGBTQ+, WritingBook Topic:AuthorshipAward:2012 IndieFab awards Honorable Mention - Writing Award|2012 IndieFab awards Honorable Mention - Anthologies AwardSize:8.40 x 6.00 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCP3X5YAPQ
Moore, Dinty W.: - Dinty W. Moore is the author of the memoir Between Panic & Desire, winner of the Grub Street Nonfiction Book Prize in 2009. His other books include The Accidental Buddhist, Toothpick Men, The Emperor's Virtual Clothes, and the writing guides, The Mindful Writer: Noble Truths of the Writing Life and Crafting the Personal Essay: A Guide for Writing and Publishing Creative Nonfiction. Moore has published essays and stories in The Southern Review, The Georgia Review, Harpers, The New York Times Sunday Magazine, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Gettysburg Review, Utne Reader, and Crazyhorse, among numerous other venues. A professor of nonfiction writing at Ohio University, Moore has won many awards for his writing, including a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Fiction. He edits Brevity, an online journal of flash nonfiction, and serves on the editorial boards of Creative Nonfiction and New Ohio Review. He regularly teaches workshops across the country and in Europe and currently lives in Athens, Ohio, where he grows heirloom tomatoes and edible dandelions.
Publisher: Rose Metal Press

Awards

🏆 2012 IndieFab awards Honorable Mention - Writing Award|2012 IndieFab awards Honorable Mention - Anthologies Award

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Dinty W. Moore (Editor)

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